2018 Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology faculty publications and presentations roundup

Oct. 10, 2018

KALAMAZOO, Mich.鈥Dr. Carla Adkison-Johnson and Dr. Phillip Johnson published a chapter this month in Multicultural Issues in Counseling: new approaches to diversity, the premier multicultural counseling textbook/resource for the counselor education profession. Their chapter is titled 鈥淐ounseling people of the African Diaspora in the United States鈥 and provides direction for counseling people in the contemporary United States who trace their cultural roots to Africa.

Dr. Mary L. Anderson and Counselor Education doctoral students Cheruba Daniel and Damon Chambers presented a paper at the North Central Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (NCACES) Conference in Cleveland Ohio. The title of the paper was 鈥淚nternational Students in Counselor Education: Cultural Responsiveness for Coping and Advocacy鈥.

Dr. Samuel Beasley presented a paper at the August 2018 APA Annual Convention Meeting in San Francisco, CA. The paper is titled 鈥淎 Comparative Examination of the Experiences of Men of Color in Professional Psychology鈥.

Dr. Joseph Morris and Dr. Stephen Craig published a paper, with two alumnae of the Ph.D. program in Counselor Education and Supervision, Dr. LaShonda Fuller and Dr. Lacretia Dye, associate professors at Chicago State University and Western Kentucky University respectively. Their paper titled 鈥淕roup counseling: African American Adolescent Females' Resiliency, Self-Efficacy and Racial Identity鈥 appears in The Wisconsin Counseling Journal.

Dr. Tangela Roberts presented two papers at the 2018 APA Annual Convention in San Francisco, CA:

  • 鈥淏lack Americans and Activism: Exploring the Impact on Psychological Well-Being.鈥
  • 鈥淏lack + Queer + Activist: Exploring the Psychological Impact of Activism on Black LGBT Individuals鈥

Dr. Eric Sauer is presenting two papers at this month at the North American Society for Psychotherapy Research meeting.

  • The first paper is co-authored with colleagues Ken Rice and Clarissa Robinson, and two counseling psychology doctoral student co-authors, Kristin Roberts and Char Houben-Hop, titled: 鈥淗ow Client Perfectionism and Attachment Dimensions Show up in Therapy: A Search for Reliable Client Groups.
  • The second paper is a sole authored paper: 鈥淧atient and Therapist Predictors of Process in Psychotherapy鈥.

Dr. Beverly Vandiver made three paper and symposium presentations at the August 2018 APA Annual Convention Meeting in San Francisco, CA. These included:

  • A presentation with counseling psychology doctoral student co-authors: Shealyn J. Blanchard, Angela C. Lewis, and Darrielle L. Allen on 鈥 Testing the Validity of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale for Black American College Students.
  • Chairing a symposium on 鈥淩esearch As a Tool for Social Justice---Why and How to Conduct Research in Partnership With Community鈥.
  • Participating in a symposium on White Adaptation to Racial Pluralism---A New Theory and Measure.